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It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you? | |
You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most Scientist | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 65% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Artist | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Both | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 12% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Neither | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 6% | Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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How should the novices be taught to row? | |
From backstops | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 23% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | From frontstops | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 42% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Slowly | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 35% | Total: 26 members' votes (25 comments...) |
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Who should the club back as Sports Personality of the Year? | |
Ben Ainslie | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 7% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Freddie Flintoff | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 11% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Kelly Holmes | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 50% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Amir Khan | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Colin Montgomerie | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 7% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Matthew Pinsent | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | RTT | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 7% | Total: 28 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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Simple: | |
Bowside | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 45% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Strokeside | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 45% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Darkside | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 10% | Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Favourite Film Trilogy | |
Godfather | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 12% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lord of the Rings | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 42% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Back to the Future | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 15% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Matrix | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | American Pie | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 8% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Star Wars (original) | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 12% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Indiana Jones | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 8% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Kill Bill | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | Total: 26 members' votes (44 comments...) |
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Vote for the Champagne Moment in the BPBCCC FaTBCCC match | |
(if you can remember!) Crawford surviving his first ball | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 38% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Garrod hitting the game's only six | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | the only Aussie on show (Nigel Kaye) getting the only duck | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lea-Cox winning it for FaT off the last ball of the match | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 10% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Ingram's sense of humour failure after a dubious lbw decision | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 38% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Other (state below) | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 10% | Total: 21 members' votes (9 comments...) |
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Which Olympic sport would you like to see in 2008? | |
Clearly there is a lack of erg games in the current Olympic timetable. Which one would you most like to see there? 10m erg test | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 35% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | One arm lowest split | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Feet out highest rating | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Arms only 2k | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Underwater erging | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 6% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Armchair erging | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 6% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Beach erging | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 12% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Synchronised erging | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 6% | Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is... | |
a good idea | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 81% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | a bad idea | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | something I'm not sure about | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms? | |
Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these... People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 41% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 35% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 41% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 24% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | No bench pull | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 53% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 24% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 12% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!! | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Something else - see below | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 29% | Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Daddy or Chips? | |
Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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Favourite Poll | |
FaT | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 36% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | North or South | ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 7% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Vault | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Dancing | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 29% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lech Walesa | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 7% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | /. | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 21% | Total: 14 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Which is your favourite part of the stroke? | |
Blade entry | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Connection | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Leg drive | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 25% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Back through | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Finish | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 21% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Extraction | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Hands away | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bodies over | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Slide | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | The bit where your hands rise up to go over your knees | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 25% | Total: 24 members' votes |
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What is your favourite weights exercise? | |
Select as many of your favourite exercises from the list as you want (apologies if I have forgotten any of your favourites). Deadlift | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 23% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Clean | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 41% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Shoulder Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 23% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bench Pull | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 50% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bench Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 59% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Incline Bench Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Leg Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 59% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Leg Extension | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 36% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Leg Curl | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 27% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Calf Raise | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Squat | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 41% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Hack Squat | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Forward Lunge | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Backward Lunge | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Diagonal Lunge | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Plie Lunge | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Pelvic Lifts | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Other core exercises | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 32% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Hip Flexor | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Hip Abduction | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Side Leg Raises | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Toe Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bicep Curl | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 32% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lat Pull | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 27% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Cable cross-over | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 18% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Tricep Dip | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Triceps Extension | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 23% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Wrist Curl | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Press up | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 32% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Chin ups | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 50% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Sit up | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 50% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Dumbbell Fly | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 23% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Incline Dumbbell Fly | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Shoulder Shrug | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Seated Row | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 32% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Back Extension | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 14% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Overhead Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Rear Deltoid Raise | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Military Press | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Upright Row | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Back Butterfly | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Leg Pull-In | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | Total: 22 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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What is your favourite type of land training? | |
Long erg | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 13% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | AT erg | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 6x500m | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 9% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Heavy weights | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 30% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 200 reps | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 22% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Circuits | ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Running | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Lard consumption | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 13% | Total: 23 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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Favourite summer regattas | |
Summertime, and the living is easy. Apparently.
Choose up to 4 regattas - based on whatever criteria you choose (e.g. previous wins, beer tent quality, course, weather on past visits, all of these, etc.) Kingston Amateur | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 22% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bedford Quarts | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 61% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Molesey | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 28% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | St Neots Saturday | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 11% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | St Neots Sunday | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Peterborough Saturday | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 39% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Peterborough Sunday | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 22% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Royal Canadian Henley | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 33% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Gloucester | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 11% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bristol | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Ross | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 6% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Cambridge Autumn | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 11% | Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Favourite boat class? | |
8o | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 26% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 4x | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 4- | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 4+ | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 13% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 2x | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 4% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 2- | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 1x | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 17% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Laser | ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 4% | Total: 23 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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Categories to be included in FaT Top Trumps | |
500m Ergo Score | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 44% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 2k Ergo Score | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 69% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | 2k Ergo Score as percentage of WR | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 34% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bumps Races Done | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 63% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Bumps Up | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 31% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Net Bumps Record | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 75% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Blades | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 38% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | ARA Status | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 34% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Pots (etc.) Won | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 53% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Versatility (Get a point for each of Bowside,Strokeside,Cox,Sculler) | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 53% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Year of Novicing | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 63% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Age | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 72% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Height | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 81% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Weight | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 88% | Total: 32 members' votes (25 comments...) |
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Henley time! | |
If you could spend the day anywhere, it would be... Leander | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Stewards | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 50% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Regatta | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Remenham | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Corporate hospitality at Fawley | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 10% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Barn Bar | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Gin Palace | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | All of the above | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Boat tent | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 30% | Total: 20 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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How will First and Third do in the bumps? | |
If you add all the crews' results together... Up 13 or more | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | up 9 - 12 | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | up 5 - 8 | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 41% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | up 1 - 4 | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 38% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | level | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | down 1 - 4 | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 7% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | down 5 - 8 | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | down 9 - 12 | | 0% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | down 13 or more | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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Favourite Seat? | |
Bow | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 13% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Two | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 11% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Three | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Four | ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 3% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Five | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Six | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 16% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Seven | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 24% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Stroke | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 13% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Cox | ![](/images/voteswomen.gif) | 5% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Launch | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | ![](/images/nothing.gif) | Toledo | ![](/images/votesmen.gif) | 3% | Total: 38 members' votes (32 comments...) |